Why not anything else just to survive and how immigration raids in August have changed a small town in Mississippi. Every day we think of the house and not come back into harness it's very scary now the news live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Lakshmi Singh The u.s. House is preparing to begin the public phase of the Democratic led impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump N.P.R.'s Winsor Johnson reports 1st up are 2 key witnesses who have already offered what Democratic lawmakers have characterized as compelling testimony to investigators behind closed doors the House Intelligence Committee will 1st hear from Bill Taylor the top u.s. Diplomat in Ukraine and then from George Kent a senior official at the State Department in charge of Ukraine policy both officials raise concerns in closed door depositions last month about whether Trump used military aid as leverage to press the Ukrainian government to investigate a political rival Trump has repeatedly denied any quid pro quo in his dealings with Ukraine and has called the inquiry an illegitimate sham N.P.R.'s Winsor Johnson reporting the Acting White House chief of staff says he still has no plans to comply with a subpoena to testify before a House impeachment investigators but Mick Mulvaney says he no longer plans to sue over the proceedings he says instead he'll take his direction from the president. Former President Jimmy Carter remains in an Atlanta hospital following surgery to reduce swelling on his brain as a meal Moffitt of member station 80 e-tail says it's been a year of health challenges for the 95 year old Carter has fallen 3 times this year leading to a broken hip a black eye and most recently a fractured pelvis the last 2 mishaps have happened in the last 6 weeks and it led to the leading around the brain today's procedure was meant to reduce swelling the Carter Center says there are no complications from the surgery but that he'll remain in the hospital for observation Carter's injuries haven't slowed him down much as he continues his humanitarian work and teaching bimonthly Sunday school classes in his hometown of Plains Georgia for n.p.r. News I'm Amy all Moffitt in Atlanta resident Trampy was a speech at the Economic Club of New York today to boast of the strength of the u.s. Economy but as N.P.R.'s Scott Horsley reports made no promises to end the trade war which is taking a toll on factories and farmers Wall Street rallied last week when China announced a truce in the trade war but there were no such assurances from President Trump the u.s. Has been negotiating a possible mini trade deal with Beijing but Trump notes similar talks fall apart in the past we're close a significant phase one trade deal with China. Could happen could happen soon but we will only accept a deal of this good for the United States and our workers and our great companies if no deal is struck Trump or he's prepared to impose higher tariffs on Chinese imports Scott Horsley n.p.r. News Washington the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down slightly to end the day $27691.00 s. And p. Close up 4 points Nasdaq gained $21.00 this is n.p.r. . Easy access to fatty year and cheaper foods has the obesity rate across the Americas soaring what's proven to be a public health crisis in the United States is also found to be affecting tens of millions of lives in Latin America and the Caribbean where the obesity rate has tripled since 1975 N.P.R.'s ping Wong reports on a new study that places most of the blame on significantly poor diets in Latin America and the Caribbean one in 4 adults is obese that makes for over 100000000 people at high risk for diabetes high blood pressure heart disease and some cancers The report says girls are growing in large part because people are eating more ultra processed foods soda and cookies frozen meals and instant soups they're all widely available relatively low in price and packed with salt fat and sugar in the past 20 years fast food consumption has gone up 40 percent the report is from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations it says these changes have affected poor people the most because unhealthy foods are cheaper and easier to get instead of food deserts many people now live in food swamps where food is available but it's all ultra processed ping Wong n.p.r. News millions of people across the eastern half of the u.s. Are dealing with record cold temperatures and winter's not for at least another month Chicago got hit with single digit temperatures arctic blast unleashed record snowfall in Detroit and Buffalo the cold snap unusual for portions of the Gulf Coast also took its toll many schools and businesses either open late or stayed closed today I'm Lakshmi Singh n.p.r. News support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include Warner Brothers presenting the new motion picture Richard Jewel based on the true story of the 1996 Atlanta bombing a Clint Eastwood film only in theaters Friday December 13th. 6 minutes after 7 now that's time for a look at the weather throughout the island's going to be a beautiful tropical day forest partly cloudy with isolated showers northeast winds 10 to 15 miles an hour highs around 88 degrees today right now it's partly cloudy in sight pan a nice cool 74 degrees and fair conditions on Guam 79 degrees. This is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Ari Shapiro And I'm Audie Cornish Turkey's president rates up Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to meet with President trying to morrow with the White House the last time I heard one was in d.c. Things didn't end well protesters clashed with her one security guards outside the Turkish ambassador's residence thank you very much for your public service was over violence is one of the many issues raised by u.s. Lawmakers who are balking at her to want return N.P.R.'s White House reporter Ayesha Rosco is here to tell us more 1st just let's start with what the White House is saying about these concerns when they're at the White House is really saying much a lawmakers including Trump allies raise concerns about those bodyguards who roughed up protesters last time being allowed back in the u.s. President Trump though hasn't really touched on that and he's welcoming heir to Juan Trump's been focused on pulling u.s. Troops from northern Syria that decision cleared the way for Turkey to lead in an offensive into Syria against Kurdish forces who had been an allied with the u.s. That Turkish offensive really upset lawmakers from both parties and now there has been this ceasefire agreement reached but there's still a lot unknown about how this arrangement will work and whether it will last there are questions about what happens to those captured ISIS fighters that had been guarded by the Kurds and the want today threatening to send some of those militants to Europe in trouble is warning the u.s. Will take strong action against Turkey of the country fails to protect religious and ethnic minorities in Syria so basically Turkey and the u.s. Really need to get on the same page on what's happening in Syria for background here we should mention that the president wrote this unusual letter last month or early on saying to the Turkish president Don't be a tough guy don't be a fool when it came to this invasion into northeast Syria will that it. At this meeting as though there were reports that you don't want didn't like the tone of that letter and even that he threw it in the trash but since then Trump has really been more complimentary and I the way trump an heir to one are definitely on better terms than heir to Juan and Congress right now and experts I talked to say that's really the win for air to one just being able to go to the White House and be seen which is good for him and shows that he still has support in the u.s. I spoke with Heather Conley who is director of the your program for the Center for Strategic and International Studies she said Trump's like strongman leaders like heir to Juan and this visit allows Trump to show that he won't bow to criticism it's sort of I think and many respects the president's style of doubling and tripling down when he wants to demonstrate his position on this no matter how much the outcry from Angara. Interim fills that air no one has really helped him in the region and so that seems to be why he is kind of stuck with them what are some of the other topics that are going to be on the agenda so a major point of contention right now between the u.s. And Turkey has been Turkey's decision to buy a Russian air defense system Turkey bought this s. 400 missile defense system from Russia and now the u.s. Has barred Turkey from buying u.s. Made fighter jets and national security adviser Robert O'Brien said that Trump plans to tailor air to want tomorrow that as a NATO ally Turkey should not be buying Russian Milind military equipment so far Turkey hasn't really budged on this issue and it's not clear how it's going to be resolved backdrop to this the public in Pietschmann hearings how is the White House trying to play both these stories so the meeting was in the works before this but there is going to be a press conference so the issue of those impeachment hearings could come up and give trumpet chance to make his case on that that's N.P.R.'s Asia Rosco at the White House thanks for your reporting thank you when the House impeachment inquiry moves out into the open tomorrow the public will get to hear directly from key witnesses 3 senior State Department officials are scheduled to publicly testify this week there is one individual who will not be heard from although his name will undoubtedly come up that is the president's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani n.p.r. Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas reports for a time this fall Rudy Giuliani was seemingly everywhere and joining us now from New York is a key figure in the Ukraine drama Rudy Giuliani the president say Rudy Giuliani good night Giuliani joins us right now you know New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani the routine joins me now to respond to Rudy in one combative appearance after another Giuliani promoted his debunked allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden in Ukraine those allegations were the culmination of a months long dirty you know expedition by Giuliani he was aided in those efforts by 2 Soviet born Florida based businessmen left part OSs and. For Froome and Giuliani's media blitz came to a halt about a month ago when part Austin Freeman made headlines of their own tonight 2 associates of President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani indicted on charges and Freeman were arrested on campaign finance charges the indictment alleges among other things that the 2 men tried to enlist then u.s. Congressman Pete Sessions for help removing the then u.s. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yvonne image nothing in the indictment implicates Giuliani but like partisan for women he had been pushing for you on a vicious dismissal and she was ultimately recalled from her post in late April since Parnell Superman's arrest Giuliani has largely disappeared from public view no more Sunday new show appearances no more daily cable news hits and by the way he did not respond to her request for comment for this story Giuliani also has not appeared before a House lawmakers he has refused to comply with congressional subpoena for testimony and documents calling the impeachment inquiry a sham it's pretty clear that Mr Giuliani was running around Ukraine communicating with with with people in politics in Ukraine that's Jim Himes a Democrat and member of the House Intelligence Committee which has been spearheading the inquiry sadly since Mr Giuliani is avoiding a congressional ignoring a congressional subpoena we may never know the full story of what he said and did in Ukraine Heim says Giuliani's refusal to cooperate is unfortunate but it's not a major hole in the case for impeachment which he says centers on President Trump's actions from the standpoint of abuse of power and corruption which are really the core of the case for impeachment the facts really aren't in dispute those facts come from officials who have been questioned by Republican and Democratic lawmakers behind closed doors as part of the House investigation and while the focus is on President Trump's actions Giuliani's name appears in the testimony transcripts more than $500.00 times the transcripts paint a detailed picture of Giuliani's role in the Ukraine affair and how it was viewed by those responsible for America's 4. In policy it began in early 2019 with what one senior State Department official George can't describe as a campaign of slander and lies against the u.s. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie of on a bitch you're gonna bitch herself testified N.P.R.'s Michele Kelemen reported that that testimony shed light on Giuliani's role in her story does show the influence of Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani that he that he had in the administration he was running a sort of side foreign policy on Ukraine at that angered a lot of people at the State Department the goal of Giuliani's so-called side foreign policy was to push Ukraine to open investigations into Joe Biden and allegations that Democrats colluded with Ukraine in the 2016 election President Trump press for those same investigations and the now famous July 25th phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart you have out of it in Cannes are both scheduled to testify in public this week the 3rd official who is to appear is William Taylor the top American diplomat at the u.s. Embassy in Kenya in his closed door testimony Taylor voiced concerns that the Giuliani run operation was trying to bend u.s. Policy towards Ukraine so that a pursuit president trumps own personal political interests rather than America's national interest while Giuliani has managed to sidestep House investigators and there are questions that does not mean he's in the clear he appears to be under scrutiny from federal investigators in New York and after declaring for months that he had no need of a lawyer Giuliani has now hired several attorneys to represent him Ryan Lucas n.p.r. News Washington a 2nd straight day of clashes has brought much of Hong Kong to a standstill protesters have forced the closure of Metro stations and rail lines and hold increasingly tense standoff with police from Hong Kong N.P.R.'s Julie McCarthy reports this month long conflict now has taken a dangerous turn. The protesters instigated commuter chaos for 2 days running chief executive Kerry lamb today called those trying to paralyze the city selfish but protesters signaled their threat to escalate graffiti field walls read we burn you burn with us there chances are less about resisting now and more about revenge a deepening distrust of police animates the protesters as it did today. By an intensifying anger at the protestors is infusing the police was they fired tear gas today in the heart of the commercial district as they faced off with demonstrators among the protesters demands are democratic reforms and an inquiry into police handling of the ongoing turmoil the shooting of a 21 year old masked protester by police Monday has fueled those calls no one was reassured either when the 57 year old man was set on fire Monday for reportedly arguing against the protests 40 year old Hong Kong resident Ricky who chose to use only her 1st name says she's dismayed at the violence and the direction authorities are taking the city is like a police state. A mini of all we want the world to realize that home commerce need to how to support us to so why not anything else just to survive. We encountered Ricky not far from the Chinese University in Hong Kong for much of the day it was the scene of a fierce standoff between students and police they were looking for students who allegedly disrupted the rail lines that run behind the campus by night it had become a citizen mobilization with people ferrying water medicine and protective gear to the students as the students held the line inside outside the. Citizens leaned in with them forging what seems tonight to be a new layer of protest in Hong Kong Julie McCarthy n.p.r. News Hong Kong. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. 18 now after a 7 time for a look at the news from the Guam daily post off a day I'm Jefferson Cronan close to 50 officers at the Department of Corrections spent more than 2 hours Tuesday venting their frustration and concerns about the work conditions at the prison in a meeting with Governor Leon Herero the meeting which did not include d o c director Samantha Brennan or acting deputy director Dzhokhar believe though allowed the rank and file to openly discuss various issues with the governor the top followed 2 letters per purportedly written anonymously by employees at d.o.t. Jeffrey Cruz was found guilty in Superior Court on Tuesday of 2 of 7 counts of 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct he was acquitted of the remaining 5 counts filed against him Cruz was accused of inappropriate Lee touching 3 girls and one boy known to him over the past 7 years the jury spent less than 6 hours of deliberating . Gov Leon gross signed bill $13835.00 into law on Tuesday the new law expand the definition of the Natasha Protection Act of 2005 which limits smoking in public places to include cigarettes so vaporing in public places is no longer legal on Guam for more details on these and other stories please go to post one dot com or visit the k p r g Facebook page Well here is something we can all get on board with today is a world kindness Day That's right we're supposed to be kind to everybody practice kindness and maybe it will become a habit kind of doesn't cost anything $20.00 after sort of. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from Total Wine and more where in-store teams can recommend a bottle of wine spirit or beer for any occasion shoppers can explore more than 8000 wines 2500 beers and 3000 spirits more it Total Wine dot com and from c 3 dot a i c 3 dot Ai software enables organizations to use artificial intelligence at enterprise scale solving previously unsolvable business problems learn more it see 3 dot a I. It's All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Audie Cornish and I'm Ari Shapiro McDonald's is facing a new lawsuit alleging pervasive sexual harassment of female employees it's the latest high profile charge against McDonald's which is already dealing with some 2 dozen similar legal claims and it comes just over a week after McDonald's fired its c.e.o. Paying him a multimillion dollar exit package after he had a consensual relationship with a subordinate N.P.R.'s Alina so you is here in the studio to tell us more about this and we should warn listeners that our conversation will contain some graphic details of the alleged harassment Hialeah tell us about the focus of this new lawsuit so at its heart the lawsuit accuses McDonald's of quote culture of sexual harassment the lawsuit has one named plaintiffs who shares her story of working and facing routine abuse and harassment at one franchise location in Michigan but she filed it as a class action so more than 50 women who worked at that location might join the case if the court allows it but her bigger message is that McDonald's as a corporation should take responsibility for what the lawsuit calls systemic and institutional problems with how Mia workers treat their she male colleagues and Donald's has said it is committed to a safe and respectful workplace what are the details of this particular case in Michigan so the former McDonald's employee Her name is John ivory Yes says her store had a male manager who routinely harassed her and other female employees the allegations run for pages and they are disturbing the lawsuit says he grabbed her breasts and buttocks and called her names that costed her pulled her hair or made sexually charged comments here's Reese talking to